HISTORY EXAM REVISION

Question 1

12 September 1919

Answer 1

Hitler joins German Workers’ Party

Question 2

24 February 1920

Answer 2

Party renamed to the Nazi Party

Question 3

29 July 1921

Answer 3

Hitler becomes Nazi Party leader

Question 4

8-9 November 1923

Answer 4

Hitler and the Nazi party tried to overthrow the government but failed and gets charged with treason.

Question 5

1 April 1924

Answer 5

Hitler was imprisoned and spends 9 months in jail writing Mein Kampf

Question 6

18 July 1925

Answer 6

Mein Kampf published

Question 7

27 February 1925

Answer 7

Nazi Party Refounded

Question 8

24 October 1929

Answer 8

Wall Street Crash, Global depression, Nazis gain support due to economic crash

Question 9

31 July 1932

Answer 9

Nazis win most seats (230) but no majority

Question 10

30 January 1933

Answer 10

Hitler becomes Chancellor

Question 11

27 February 1933

Answer 11

Hitler is granted full power to rule (enabling act)

Question 12

14 July 1933

Answer 12

Germany becomes one party dictatorship (the Nazi party)

Question 13

30 June - 2 July 1934

Answer 13

Hitler kills SA leaders and rivals to gain army support (Night of the long Knives)

Question 14

2 August 1934

Answer 14

Hindenburg dies and Hitler gains total control

Question 15

16 March 1935

Answer 15

Openly rearms Germany and breaks the treaty of Versailles

Question 16

7 March 1936

Answer 16

Remilitarisation of Rhineland which shows Britain and France’s appeasement

Question 17

17 July 1936

Answer 17

Spanish CIvil War begins and Hitler sends troops and planes to help Franco

Question 18

25 October 1936

Answer 18

Rome-Berlin Axis is formed, Germany and Italy align politically and militarily

Question 19

13 March 1938

Answer 19

Anschluss with Austria, Germany annexes Austria, welcomed by many Austrians

Question 20

29 September 1938

Answer 20

Hitler allowed to take Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia (Munich agreement)

Question 21

15 March 1939

Answer 21

Hitler invades rest of Czechoslovakia which breaks Munich agreement promises

Question 22

23 August 1939

Answer 22

Secret deal to divide Poland (Nazi-Soviet pact)

Question 23

1 September 1939

Answer 23

Germany invades Poland. WWII begins after Hitler ignores all warnings

Question 24

3 September 1939

Answer 24

Britain & France declare war (Beginning of WWII in Europe)

Question 25

10 May 1940

Answer 25

Germany invades France, Belgium and Netherlands

Question 26

22 June 1940

Answer 26

France surrenders and Hitler controls most of Western Europe

Question 27

22 June 1941

Answer 27

Operation Barbarossa- Hitler invades Soviet Union

Question 28

7 December 1941

Answer 28

Japan bombs Pearl Harbour, Hitler declares war on USA on 11 December 1941

Question 29

2 February 1943

Answer 29

Nazis start to retreat after being defeated at Stalingrad

Question 30

6 June 1944

Answer 30

D-Day - Allied invasion of Normandy

Question 31

30 April 1945

Answer 31

Hitler commits suicide in Berlin

Question 32

8 May 1945

Answer 32

Germany Surrenders and war in Europe officially ends